16+ hour, 10+ min ago   (1286+ words) Two sets up. A US Open title within reach. An opponent finding a way back. Alexander Zverev had been here before. When Ben Shelton took the third set of Sunday’s final, the score acquired an uncomfortable familiarity. Six years earlier,…...

15+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1603+ words) Ruben Neves heard the name of his dead friend. He was standing over a free-kick during Al-Hilal’s Saudi Pro League match against Al-Taawoun when a section of the home support reportedly began chanting: The name ordinarily belongs to football’s happier…...

16+ hour, 39+ min ago   (618+ words) India left 38 balls unused. After their recent troubles in T20 cricket, that was a statement worth making. A target of 157 could have invited a measured chase. Abhishek Sharma preferred to dismantle it. His 82 from 32 deliveries propelled India to a seven-wicket victory…...

16+ hour, 57+ min ago   (1367+ words) Pakistan did not need a place in the final to become part of its ending. India’s women had beaten Sri Lanka by 72 runs in Dubai on September 13. Shafali Verma and Smriti Mandhana’s opening partnership alone had produced more runs than…...

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (667+ words) There are dreams that arrive dressed in silk, with surnames, safety nets and soft landings. And then there are dreams that arrive in the rain. Himanshu Yadav was four or five when a friend next door carried a football outside…...

1+ day, 15+ hour ago   (1367+ words) The first championship point disappeared with a double fault. Elena Rybakina had arrived at the edge of her first US Open title and served herself another moment of uncertainty. Across the net stood Aryna Sabalenka, the two-time defending champion, a…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1128+ words) India know the way to an Asia Cup final. Bangladesh and Sri Lanka have taught them how quickly the road can end there. Seven titles make India the most successful team in the history of the women’s tournament. Yet the…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (1679+ words) Pakistan changed four players at Edgbaston. It changed the head coach before Edgbaston. It changed the bowling coach, flew seven cricketers home, brought seven others into the squad and reportedly began investigating player conduct before the final Test. The scorecard…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (454+ words) At 3:33 am in New York, Ben Shelton finally had his breakthrough. After five sets and four hours, 28 minutes of wildly shifting fortunes, the American knocked defending champion Carlos Alcaraz out of the US Open. Watching the drama unfold, Sachin Tendulkar…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (164+ words) Australian cricket’s push to bring private money into the Big Bash has met fierce resistance from New South Wales, which warns that sharing profits with outside investors could drain funds from grassroots cricket. Cricket Australia (CA) has approved a “self-determination…...